Four Convicts Executed in Edo as Oshiomhole Ignores Calls from Amnesty International, Others

Four death row inmates have been reportedly hanged in Benin, the Edo State capital. The convicts were hanged on Monday evening, prison sources and officials said.

Local and International organisations including Amnesty International had appealed to Governor Adams Oshiomhole not to sign the death warrants of the convicts.

However, President Goodluck Jonathan has recently advised state governors to be bold and act constitutionally by signing the death warrants of death row inmates convicted by the courts.

More to follow.